May 23, 2013

Alpine Skiing Recap: Maze wins Garmisch downhill and breaks 2,000 points

Slovenia's Maze celebrates in front of a cameraman after the women's Alpine Skiing World Cup Downhill race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

(Reuters) – Slovenia’s Tina Maze became the first skiier to surpass 2,000 points by winning a women’s World Cup downhill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday, according to provisional results. American Laurenne Ross was second and Germany’s Maria Hoefl-Riesch was third. Thanks to her victory, Maze brought her points tally in the overall World Cup standings to [...]

Alpine Skiing: Rolland is surprise downhill gold medalist

Nadia Fanchini of Italy, Marion Rolland of France and Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany celebrate on the podium during the flower ceremony after the women's Downhill race at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Schladming

(Reuters) – France’s Marion Rolland used her knowledge of the course to snatch a surprise downhill gold medal at the world Alpine ski championships on Sunday. Rolland, remembered for a freak crash at the 2010 Vancouver Games when her knee snapped seconds into the Olympic downhill, won by 0.16 seconds from Italy’s Nadia Fanchini with [...]

Olympics: Karabatic denies betting on game under investigation

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Nikola Karabatic of France in action during the Men’s Handball Preliminary match between Argentina and France on Day 4 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Copper Box on July 31, 2012 in London, England. (July 30, 2012 – Source: Jeff Gross/Getty Images Europe) (Reuters) – France’s Olympic champion Nikola Karabatic, under formal investigation [...]

Soccer Euro 2012: France weather storm, England sink Sweden

France's Cabaye celebrates after scoring a goal against Ukraine during their Group D Euro 2012 soccer match at Donbass Arena in Donetsk

(Reuters) – France brushed aside co-hosts Ukraine 2-0 in a Group D game suspended for 55 minutes by a violent thunderstorm and England fought back to beat Sweden 3-2 after more enthralling action at Euro 2012 on Friday. Sweden became only the second team after Ireland to be eliminated before the final round of games, [...]

Formula 1: Prost pessimistic on French GP future

Head of Muscat municipality listens to former F1 world champion Prost after the the individual time-trial 5th stage of the 2nd Tour of Oman cycling race in Muscat

(Reuters) – France’s sole Formula One champion Alain Prost fears the chances of the country hosting a grand prix again in the near future have receded. “I am not optimistic,” he told reporters at the Monaco Grand Prix, where Lotus driver Romain Grosjean has a real shot at becoming the first French winner since Olivier [...]

Soccer: Lyon’s Gomis complains of racial abuse in Ajaccio cup tie

Olympique Lyon's soccer player Gomis attends a news conference in Lyon

(Reuters) – France striker Bafetimbi Gomis has claimed he was victim of racial abuse from GFCO Ajaccio fans when his Olympique Lyon team beat the third division side 4-0 in their French Cup semi-final on Tuesday. “After my goal, I put my hands behind my ears because I had heard monkey noises during the game,” [...]